Can you create a MySQL DB via cPanel API json call? - php

Question

I am looking to automate the creation of a MySQL database via a json api call. To list dbs, I can just use something like:
https://example.com:2083/json-api/cpanel?user=username&cpanel_jsonapi_module=MysqlFE&cpanel_jsonapi_func=listdbs&cpanel_jsonapi_version=2
This is successful via HTTP Sockets and CURL. Is there any equivalent call for adddb?
https://example.com:2083/json-api/cpanel?user=username&cpanel_jsonapi_module=Mysql&cpanel_jsonapi_func=adddb&dbname=aa1&cpanel_jsonapi_version=1
This doesn't work. I get the following error:
“username_†is an invalid database name. It contains invalid characters.
Any ideas?
UPDATE:
I am running this via an HTTP Socket connection in CakePHP with the following code:
$query = 'cpanel_jsonapi_module=MysqlFE&cpanel_jsonapi_func=adddb&dbname=aa1&cpanel_jsonapi_version=2';
$request = array(
'auth' => array(
'user' => $queryData['conditions']['username'],
'pass' => $queryData['conditions']['password'],
'method' => 'Basic',
),
'uri' => array(
'scheme' => 'https',
'host' => $queryData['conditions']['host'],
'port' => '2083',
'user' => $queryData['conditions']['username'],
'path' => 'json-api/cpanel',
'query' => $query,
),
);
$result = json_decode($this->connection->request($request), true);

Answer 1

http://docs.cpanel.net/twiki/bin/view/ApiDocs/Api1/ApiMysql#Mysql::adddb
You've got dbname in the url twice but I don't know if that matters...
I'm not sure how the url API works, you could try ..._jsonapi_func=adddb(thedbname) but I have no clue if that would work.

Answer 2

Found the solution. In order to create / delete a DB through the cPanel API, it must be processed through API 1. The API access is a little bit different.
You must first get the theme your cPanel account is using (StatsBar:stat (theme):
https://example.com:2083/json-api/cpanel?user=USERNAME&cpanel_jsonapi_module=StatsBar&cpanel_jsonapi_func=stat&display=theme&cpanel_jsonapi_version=2
Then you plug that theme into another request:
https://example.com:2083/frontend/THEME/sql/addb.html?db=aa1
Of course, you must have the Authentication in the HTTP Socket (or CURL). Works like a charm!